The Mill
About The Mill
Miller Jacob Clausen (Anders de Wahl) is losing his wife Kristine (Emmy Albiin). The village expects him to marry Hanne Christensen (Ellen Dall), sister of forest warden Vilhelm (Gösta Hillberg), a gentle and strict Christian he thinks he ought to love. He wants the maid Lise Vibe (Klara Kjellblad) instead. Lise, determined to climb out of service, uses sex and a little folk magic on him. Their son Hans (Bengt Lindström) and Lise's brother, the poacher Peer Vibe (Nils Lundell), are pulled into the household fight.
Cast & crew
More about The Mill
John W. Brunius directed and wrote the script with Sam Ask, from Karl Gjellerup's 1896 novel Møllen. Gustaf Hallén designed the sets. The premiere was 17 January 1921.
Themes
Making
Hugo Edlund shot the interiors at the Skandia studio on Lidingö and the Skåne exteriors. For the climax the company burned the real mill at Sjöbo, not a model.
Look
Hugo Edlund photographed the Skandia studio mill and the Sjöbo exteriors.
Preservation
The Swedish Film Institute holds a restored screening copy.
Notes
- Gjellerup had won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917.
- Sam Ask, the co-writer, plays Henrik Andersen, Kristine's brother.
- Gösta Cederlund plays the mill hand Jörgen.
- Alfred Lundberg plays the chairman of the court.
- Svensk Filmindustri distributed the film as well as producing it.
Scenes
- Kristine is dying and the household starts naming Jacob's next wife.
- Lise works on Jacob with sex and a piece of folk magic.
- Peer Vibe, Lise's brother, moves through the house as a poacher while Jacob is pulled two ways.
Influenced by
- Karl Gjellerup's novel Møllen (1896)
Also available
- Swedish Film Institute archive
- Internet Archive (silent-kvarnen)
